St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church

كنيسة القديس جاورجيوس للروم الانطاكيين الارثوذكس

Upland- California - ابلند - كاليفورنيا

2022-05-22-Sunday School and SOYO Graduation

Congratulations to all our Sunday School students

Congratulations to our SOYO Graduates

Thank You Yvonne Khalilieh and all the Sunday School Teachers, Dalia Alarkan Namy, Siwar Fakhoury, Diana Toumah, Majd Qakish and Amanda Qakish for your hard work!

SOYO president Soffee Khalilieh

SOYO Teachers Laura Sahawneh and Tony Nehme

The SOYO graduates

Salina Alkatime

Salina has attended St. George since birth. She has graduated from Los Osos High School and will study Psychology at Cal Berkeley in the fall.

Marianne Elias

Marianne has attended St. George since she was 14.  She has graduated from Bonita High School and will attend UC Riverside as a bio major to eventually enter the medical field.

Chloe Fakhoury

Chloe has attended St. George since birth.  She has graduated from Upland High School and will pursue medicine as a chem major at UC Irvine.

Daniella Fakhoury

Daniella has attended St. George all of her life.  She has graduated from St. Lucy Priory High School and will eventually be attending the University of Southern California.

Isabel Fakhoury

Isabel has attended St. George since birth.  She has graduated from Upland High School and will follow a pre-dental path at UC Riverside.

Zaina Fakhoury

Zaina has attended St. George all her life.  She has graduated from United Christian Academy and plans to attend UC Santa Barbara with a biology major to pursue her interest in Orthodontics.

Laila Khalilieh

Laila has attended St. George since the age of 6.  She has graduated from Rancho Cucamonga High School and will attend UCLA and major in Psychology to pursue her interest in becoming an FBI Investigator.

Soffee Khalilieh

Soffee has attended St. George since the age of 6.  She has graduated from Rancho Cucamonga High School and will attend UCLA as a Global Studies major and eventually plans to attend law school.

Special Thanks

Thank you Reverend Father Mansour Azar for being an instrument of God’s grace: through you we hear His voice, feel His love, partake of His Heavenly Kingdom, receive forgiveness of sins, instruction in the Faith, and encouragement to fulfill our true purpose as members of His Body, the Church.

Thank you Kh. Randa for all the support you give the Sunday School Program.

You are appreciated, you are loved, you are prayed for. Thank you!

We would like to extend a special thank you to the SOYO teachers who put their hearts and souls into their work:

Laura Sahawaneh and Tony Nehme

 SOYO

The purpose of the Society of Orthodox Youth Organization (SOYO) is to integrate each young person fully into the Total life of the Church.

SOYO brings its members to a deeper devotion to the Holy Orthodox Church, its faith, canons and worship. Teen SOYO creates and fosters ministries to encourage Members to commit themselves to living the Orthodox Faith daily. The combination of Worship, Witness, Service and Fellowship are the natural expressions of that commitment.

To support our SOYO program with a donation

please see Laura, Saleem or Yvonne.

A special reception followed the graduation ceremony in the Joy Hall.

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